Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-22
NEW SCRIPrURAL DRAMA.
Brother YoaDs's Dram atizgtion of the
Prodigal Son Rendered with Great
CHICAGO TrlburC

Chicago TrbuGc.
Watseka vas named from rou antiC
Indian maiden who lost her heart long
yeScs $50 to Caicsgo's earlY pioneer,
Carbon S. Hubbard. I. Is city built
upon the sand, end on g July dgy the
great Sahara nay be IS hot but : c5r-
rainIy no hotter than the county sest OF
Iroquo.s county, Illinois. l. :. also
favored spoC for C3mPmeutings, and
every year the Meth0dis.S, bC;L black
and white, hold very successful meetings
CT Inst kind il the groves ueer here
snG wrestle with the inhabitants.
During the list weeE, AO.7ritl. aiding
tire raging Of The dog siST MD tie thcr-
momGter 81 los II the shade, tie african
MethOdists have been holding success
ful series Of meetings =. the Jar ground.
They We're brought 10 sn end tonight in
e blaze OF halleluiss. All dsY long the
people have been streaming toward the
camp. People OF slI hues sld shades
white, black, grsy, snd copper coloreG-
rugged out il their Sunday 5eS,. tlncEeo
TO The grounds, foT tO-tsy was 10 be en-
acted kind OF rude passion play called
the 'tReturn q the PIodigsl" End al
W. n: TT c II,
Tree O'Clock was the hour GppDin'ei
E1r nc afternoon service, ct the close o.
which he prodigG, vas 10 make his sq-
pesranCe As tie timo approached the
people BEGAN t. gather CT the rude bench
es around the preachers stand until oYc77
SECT VAS filled Many more VIE stand
ilg and onCircI.pg The whole W@5 9 cor
don o. carriages I'll filled with InteEe5- x /
spec atCrs. TIE whites fac OutnunbeTed
the blacks, but here and there palch q
blacks ecu Il be seen. On the front seat
were two or .1ye4 ancient auuties u gen
crous proportions Rrd inpulalye smeus,
and verIta5le black Joe, whom i .ltE-
strel performer might have cGvjed, lC7os !
upon ais staff - ne 5%O0d IN front q me
/ benches. GA t1e stand we've Llders
Depugn and Davis and the Rev.
Fletcher You1g, and 1ack o. then
some eight or ten you . Co!0red men IN
girls, who did the singing. TGa services
commenced with the singing u se-aT9i
Of the famous Jubilee s21ga, SUCH SIS 81 IS
Gwina 10 Meet Jesus" 90 lord, Have
/ Mercy on ne" pm Bound for the
/ Promised Land" Then followed 2 pray
er by Elder Davis, in which reference
was made 20 rT0digala, and : vigorous
/ 4ClJC IL tflESSGti L-aL all lllis-l- u.s. ~ ID
! AsCk into the fold To which Ola BlgCA
joe and the sunties responded with loud
amens Af.er this Elder Dgpu2h READ
The parable CT the prodIgal son eud
preached upcn that sGtj CT. The E.aaT
/ 1lauy made e. end Ct it, and then every
neck in the vast audience WIS cr8nGd for
ward and every eye alert to catcA the
! H-st glimpse OF the Grams 10 be enacted.
Some little bitch il the performance
/ occurred lust Al this point through the
inatrertiveness Of the call boy, wlo ling
eled too long near the refreshing pop
stand Rnd forgot 10 sign&l the distGn!
Dr0Gi2aI 1t WIS rem died soon, now
ever, but not before there was al audible
growl emopg the country folks that they
! feared 8 sell was impending Then was
seen COMING up tie road afar c f . most
sdisreputable looking darkey, ell tattered
and torn When Brother Young caught
sight Of him he went out from the stand
lodging and peering and scrutlG.ZiO2 tht
approaching characterization with eTea'
intensencss. Finally he recognized hin
Is his lorg lost sen, and rushed toW2rj
MIN and fell upon his neck with a3Cu
$50 pounds weight, beth topping down OF
The ground. They recovered themseiye.
aIG came mSrCdln@ up InTcu2n IN
crowd, Brother Young shouting at tn
top OF his voice:
"This is ny son, who was lost and i
found"
Trey made their WY 20 the stand Gn,
we've cordially welcomed. There a whit
r0he wss brcUeht out and put on th
young man, Q ting p}2csd on his finger
and Brother Young announced tina. tn
fatted calf should be killed. Last yea
they actually brought out poor, forlou
lizzie calf and slaughtered it on the pla,
form, but this extremely realistic bit pro
duCei such unpleasant results, Wome
screaming and falnting, that this part We
omitted today.
DuriDg all this performance the crow
laughed end chesred till they made tn
grove resounG. Then the singers on IN
stage stood I'D and sarg 2 song entiile
j "The Prodigal Sop," written by Brothe
Y,ung for this occasion. Mr.. Young I
the drametizer, so 20 speak, CT the par
, able, it having been first performed unde
his auspices last year on these grounds
1t hiss since met with great success in tn
various places where it he's been given.